Visit to the LICA by students from the University of Orléans

As a new academic year draws to a close, Master’s students from the University of Orléans took part in a research lab visit to put into practice the transgenesis and genome editing techniques taught in the “Genetics and Plant Improvement” course led by Annabelle DEJARDIN.

As is the tradition each year, the LICA welcomed 20 first-year Master’s students in "Integrative Biology and Global Changes" (BICG) on Thursday, May 16, 2024, for a 2-hour immersion.

Several workshops were organized by LICA staff to (re)introduce students to: the CRISPR-Cas9 tool (with Annabelle DEJARDIN), genetic transformation and in vitro culture (led by Gilles PILATE, LICA’s scientific director), fluorescence microscopy (with Françoise LAURANS, head of the Microphenotyping unit), and greenhouse plant cultivation (with Clémentine BOURDERIAU).